WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand on Monday offered overseas nurses and midwives an immediate pathway to residency, as the country tries to address an acute shortfall of medical staff. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said changes to the immigration system meant those eligible can get...
The proposed measure which seeks to address the concerns and issues of nurses and the nursing profession is now up for plenary session in the House of Representatives. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This developed after the House committee on civil...
As Filipino nurses continue to explore better-paying opportunities abroad, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government might resort to providing scholarships for them and other medical workers to keep them in the Philippines for at least a few years. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Nurses across most of Britain will next month hold the first strikes in their union's 106-year history, joining a host of other UK workers taking industrial action over pay. Staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland -- but not Scotland -- will walk out on December 15...
A rookie congressman who is batting for bigger entry-level pay for Filipino nurses gave an idea Sunday, Nov. 20 of just how badly homegrown nurses want to leave the Philippines for the United States (US). (SJ Objio/ Unsplash) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, in a statement Sunday, Nov....
Canada will undertake a recruitment mission in Manila later this month to hire Filipino healthcare workers willing to work in one of its provinces. Healthcare workers The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines announced that the country's Saskatchewan province has employment opportunities open for...
Over 2,000 individuals from Baguio City, Bataan, Batangas City, Bulacan, Ilocos Norte, and Pangasinan benefited from Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Health Caravan from Oct. 1 to 22, the organization said. Philippine Red Cross The Health Caravan is the PRC's way of bringing medical and health services...
The base monthly pay of public nurses will get a 75 percent increase if this bill from Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo gets enacted. Quezon 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Rillo, a rookie legislator in the 19th Congress, filed House Bill (HB) 5276, which seeks to amend the 20-year-old...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the oathtaking schedule of new passers of the Nurse Licensure Examination. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The said ceremony will be conducted virtually on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. and it will be spearheaded by PRC Iloilo through Microsoft Teams...
Nurses in PPEs The Philippines is currently facing a shortage of healthcare workers, particularly of nurses, the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Thursday, Sept. 29 “Ngayon, ang nakikita natin talagang kakulangan would be our nurses (Now, what we are seeing is that we lack nurses),” said DOH...
Germany is opening its doors to Filipino nurses as the host country plans to hire 600 registered nurses for partner hospitals and elderly care centers, an official announcement on its Facebook page said on Monday, Sept. 5. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The hiring will be done...
Stressing the roles of nurses during a public health crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic, Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Sunday, Sept. 4, vowed to address the issues surrounding their pay hike and the wage disparity between public and private nurses. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
